Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
c0NGRESSMEN'S VIEWS.
questions That Will Occupy Congress
The Coming Session.
iariu' Reductions Of Surplus Revenue,
Postal Telegraph.
sentiments OF Leading Members O,
These Subjects.
Cleveland's denomination 10 the Presi.
dency Inevitable.
Blaine Generally the Choice of the
Republicans.

WASHINGTON, November 3O.-The Post
tomorrow morning will print eeries oi
interviews with nearly a hundred members
Of Congress upon the questions which are
to be presented to that body durin, the
coming session. and particularly those re-
lating to the tariff, reduction OF the sur.
plus revenue and q postal telegraph.
Speaker Carlisle states the Democratic po'
sition NTH great clearness. His views are
specially important in view OF the great
responsibility which will be placed uron bis
shoulders with the organization of the
House. He believes in an immediate re.
duction OF the surplus revenues. He be.
lieves in reducing the taxes which produce
these revenues at least seventy millions
annually. His Democratic followers gen.
orally take fhe same position. OF the few
Democrats who have sided with Randall
who are now in the city, McAhoo, StAhl-
necker. Wilkins. Merriman and Lawler are
quoted as experiencing snmew hat OF q
CHANGE or HEART.
The sentiment OF the Northwestern Con.
gressmen is that the free trade sentiment
il growing in that eection. Many Repub.
Iicans agree that so ething must be done
with the tariff althou n a few think that
nothing will be done at the present acssiOn.
suggested. Quite a number nf Congress
n en-. incl, dug representatives ri Mi~ais-
sippi. Indiana, Kentucky and Texas favor
Il compromise, such ma taking the tax off
.obaccn and prefer reducing the tax on
fruit branslips he proposition tO take
the tax off whiskey hardly finds sup.
porter. The question 4 putting sugar "n
the free list Il, d. some advocates but
mainly among the Republicans. Louisiana
Cunsrpssm' to whom his is q vital ques.
tion say Their State il divided. the north.
ern portion b ing il favor Of free sugar and
the gulf 9, ction is opposed to it. Demo-
cratic sentiment is la' geIy in favor OF
INCREASING THE FREE LIST,
adding to it salt. lumber and the neces-
saries oi life. Rep es ent ative Bynum. Of In
dja M thinks q COOL bill to r duce the tariff
can be passed without the support OF RAN
dali, and h. adds that Republicans OF the
West and Northwest arr beginning to teel
that they cannot longer oppose such y
meaeure with political safety. Views on
the DOS, al teIqera nh are bOtn diverse and
in. erestirg. The Represent a atives who favOF
1t are quite hume: ous. Mr.. Whi,t1"rne,
Of Tennessee, thinks the Government can
support ,eleRra phic system as it did the
postal eystern, beginning with wires between
cities. Representative Jackson favors an
experimental line bet cen PhiladeIphla
ard New York. Bovine, of Indiana, would
eupport q wrll.consi.tered sche'ne, arc
Whiting, OF Michigan. would favor the pre-:
;ect started on q sound basis. Repre-ents,.
tjves Thomas. of Illinois; Walker. Stone
and Wade of Michigan, are in favor OF the
Government expending $lO.OOO.COo FOR
the purpose. WOndburn, OF Nevada. IA IN
favor Of the Government
BUYING UP EXISTING LINES
instead OF starting on new basis. The
arguments against the Governments
ow nership, as gwen by Hatton, OF Mis-
souri: Wise. of Virginia. Merriam, OF New
York. and a number OF Others, are that
the Government ought not to increase the
civil list by five thousand telegraph opera
tors. That scheme ie urwi-e and undemo'
cratic All OF the Congressman, however,
agree that strong pressure viii De mace
r., bring the matter before the pres ent Con
sress. Not y single doubt is expressed ny
Democrats or republicans "a to the re,
nomination of President Cleve'ard' an"
Democrats are certain Of h's re'eiec ec''o',.
Republican COngressmen nsna"y iav'a
Blaine. although Ohio Kepresen'at'ves
mention Sherman as the choice Of tne
party.